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Malaysia Airlines flight 17 shot down in Ukraine: How did they do it? (updates)
By Sebastian Anthony on July 20, 2014 at 7:58 am
Updated @ 07:58, July 20: Though three days have passed since the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, we are still unsure of exactly what happened. There is mounting evidence for the following scenario, however: Russian separatists in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, armed with a Buk missile system provided by Moscow, shot down the plane. This is the scenario favored by US intelligence. There is plenty of video and photographic evidence of a Buk missile system being driven around the region in the days and hours before the attack. US officials have also said there's no reason to doubt the authenticity of the phone call between a rebel and a Russian officer, where the rebel says "we have just shot down a plane."
Most of the world now seems to be waiting to see what the Russian president Vladimir Putin does, or for definitive evidence that Russia really did provide the missile. As for what the global community will actually do in response remains to be seen.
Updated @ 06:27, July 18: The official passenger manifest, released late yesterday, doesn't appear to contain any US citizens. 173 of the passengers were Dutch, 44 were Malaysian, 28 were Australian, and nine were from the UK. The nationality of some passengers is still unverified. Around 100 of the passengers on the plane were traveling to Melbourne to attend an AIDS Society conference.
Most airlines are now avoiding eastern Ukraine airspace (and indeed, some airlines were already avoiding the conflict zone before the incident). It's worth noting that Malaysia Airlines flight 17 wasn't "out of bounds" — there was a no-fly zone further south in the Crimea, but the area around Donetsk was considered safe.
US intelligence has confirmed that MH17 was blown out of the sky with a surface-to-air missile (SAM), but the perpetrator is still unknown. There are reports that, at the end of June, the local pro-Russian militia (the Donetsk People's Republic) seized an anti-aircraft Buk missile system from a Ukrainian military installation. Flight 17 was almost certainly brought down by a Buk missile, unless something weird and highly conspiratorial is afoot. So far, the DPR hasn't taken responsibility for the downed plane — and in fact, it's busy recovering black boxes at the crash site and sending them back to Moscow for analysis.
The most likely scenario, I think, is that the perpetrator intended to shoot down a military plane — but somehow lacked the experience (or knowledge of the Buk missile system) to notice that the radar signature and transponder signal were from a commercial airliner.
Updated @ 13:51, July 17: Some more information about the downing of flight 17 is starting to trickle in. The local "government," the separatist Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have arrived at the scene of the crash. They say flight recorders from the plane will be "most likely" handed over to Moscow for investigation. A Ukrainian TV channel is reporting that there were 23 US citizens on the plane. The Kremlin says that Vladimir Putin notified Obama as soon as he heard of the incident via air traffic control, a few moments before the crash. No one has yet taken responsibility for shooting the plane down.
Malaysia Airlines flight 17, a Boeing 777 carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew, has been shot down over Ukraine. Yes, this is the same Malaysia Airlines that lost flight 370 in the Indian Ocean earlier in the year. It isn't yet confirmed who shot down the plane, but we have a military source who believes it was probably Ukrainian separatists, using a Buk missile system that was given to them by the Russians. Suffice it to say, if Ukrainian separatists have just blown up a commercial airliner using a Russian weapon, we are almost certainly looking at a massive geopolitical crisis — not only between Ukraine and Russia, but now with the rest of the world as well.
Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, with 280 passengers and 15 crew on board. It came down near the Ukrainian oblast of Donetsk, a stronghold for pro-Russian separatists/rebels. A Ukrainian interior ministry official, Anton Gerashchenko, says MH17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Another Ukrainian official says MH17 disappeared from radar at an altitude of 33,000 feet (10,000 meters) — a fairly standard cruising altitude. It is believed that all 295 people on board flight MH17 have died. There's a video of the smoking wreck (from a fairly long way away) at the end of this story.
Part of a Buk missile system battery. The command vehicle is on the left; the launcher in the middle has a built-in radar system.
How did Malaysia Airlines flight 17 get shot down?
Putting aside why MH17 was shot down — I'm sure we'll find out in the next few days — we should first focus on how a Boeing 777 flying at 33,000 feet was shot down. According to a source of mine who serves in the military of an Eastern European nation, there aren't many ways of effectively shooting down a target that's 6 miles up and travelling at 560 mph. In Eastern Europe, there are really just two choices: a very large surface-to-air missile, or some kind of interceptor aircraft.
In this case, my source thinks MH17 was almost certainly shot down using the Russian Buk missile system. Almost unbelievably, there's actually a tweet from a few hours ago that reported a sighting of a Buk missile system moving between the cities of Torez and Snizhne, both within in Donetsk Oblast — where the plane came down. The Buk missile system has a range of armaments, but they're all easily capable of hitting a subsonic target at 33,000 feet.
Buk missile launcher, armed with surface-to-air (SAM) missiles
The Buk missile system, which first entered service in 1979 in the Soviet Union but has been updated since then, usually consists of a number of tank-sized vehicles that move in convoy. There's a command vehicle, multiple target acquisition radar (TAR) vehicles (for high and low altitude scanning), a large number of actual missile-firing target erector launcher (TEL) vehicles, and a variety of auxiliary vehicles. My source says a single Buk battery usually consists of around 11 vehicles, but you could cut it down to three if you were trying to be stealthy.
The Buk's radar system is capable of locking onto targets at up to 22,000 meters, which is well above the ceiling for commercial airliners — and even pushing it for military aircraft, too. It takes about five minutes for the Buk battery to set up, and apparently it takes just 22 seconds for Buk to detect a target and launch a missile.
We'll update this story as we find out more about what actually happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 17. There will be a lot of political fireworks over the next few days, I assure you.
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Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japanese automaker Nissan, to build an automotive manufacturing industry in the country.
The announcement was made on November 6, 2018 following a courtesy call on the country's President Akufo Addo by the Managing Director of Nissan Group of Africa, Mike Whitfield.
Nissan models accounted for 32.8% of vehicle sales in Ghana last year and the move will make Ghana the hub for sales and marketing of Nissan in West Africa.
According to Whitfield, Nissan aims to be the first carmaker to assemble vehicles in Ghana, building on its market leadership in the country.
"We want to build on our leadership by supporting the government to create the environment for a successful automotive manufacturing industry in the country," Whitfield told reporters after signing the MoU with Ghana's Trade Ministry.
"Building vehicles in Ghana will enable us to further improve the products and services we offer to our customers here and will have significant, long-term benefits for the economy in terms of jobs and growth," he added.
Providing no further details, he only said that Nissan's plans would hinge on a national auto policy that the government is expected to launch by the end of 2018.
The President on his part welcomed the automakers' decision to establish an assembly plant in Ghana.
The MoU seeks to unlock economic potential, promote development of the automotive sector and promote investor-friendly regulatory frameworks that encourage sustainable car manufacturing.
The aim is to promote infrastructure development, job creation and skills development in Ghana.


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Dubai, UAE – October 14th, 2020: Germany's The BRICKLOG Group and Australian & United Arab Emirates headquartered Logistics Executive Group are pleased to announce the signing of a strategic alliance to provide an enhanced range of logistics and supply chain focused Corporate Advisory, Management Consulting, M&A, and Executive Search services.The strategic relationship will provide BRICKLOG with increased capability and reach into the Asia Pacific, Middle East, India, and Africa markets for its largely European based customers.
The partnership signals an important move for Logistics Executive Group having previously withdrawn its Netherland office in 2008 and serving the European region from its regional HQ in the UAE. The new relationship will provide Logistics Executive Group with a presence in Europe and on-ground capability in which to support its global customers.
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After Kapil Sharma's twitter rant controversy, Bharti Singh, Kiku Sharda and his co-actors broke their silence and showed their concerns about his health. It should be noted that last week Kapil Sharma showed his rage and frustration on Twitter publicly by using some very disturbing and extreme words. After that, the comedian is facing a lot of criticism from his haters as well as his fanbase. Also, a few days before, he did the same by arguing with his former co-actor and comedian Sunil Grover on Twitter. These two controversies defamed his public image and reputation.
After achieving the heights of name and fame, Kapil Sharma's name comes regularly in the Bollywood magazines and news regarding new conflicts. Quite a while ago, Kapil Sharma reportedly slapped Sunil Grover and unfair behavior with his actors.
Just a day after his latest Twitter controversy, Kapil's ex-girlfriend Preeti Simoes claimed that the star comedian is suffering from mental stress and depression. She blamed his current girlfriend for this. Recently, the famous comedian Bharti Singh also broke her silence and told the media about Kapil Sharma's degrading health.
Bharti told Bollywoodlife, "What is happening with Kapil is very depressing. It breaks my heart to see a man who made us all laugh so much down and out like this. But that is the reality, a man who makes everyone smile around him, is a sad soul within. I really pray that he comes out of this ordeal soon. He is a very polite person and we don't know what is happening right now. I just want him to take a long break. Kapil Bhai should relax now. He needs a long vacation in a place where he has no pressure. He should get back only when he feels like it. Our best wishes are always with him. And trust me, no one can beat Kapil when he is in full form. He is better than the best."
Along with Bharti Singh, Kiku Sharda, Arshi Khan, Sugandha Mishra, Shilpa Shinde and Krishna Abhishek also expressed concerns about his health.
Kiku Sharda told the media in a conference that all of us has seen Kapil Sharma and the way that he made us laugh and spread happiness. He told that Kapil is going through some tough times and all of us along with media should leave him alone for some time and give him some space to regain his former composure.
Sugandha Mishra also said that she knew a different and a lot better Kapil Sharma than what we are seeing today. According to her, sudden name, fame, and stardom made him lose his temper and control over the situation. She also said that this result is because of some bad choices he made. She said that Kapil is like a kid and Preeti Simoes knew how to handle him well.
This fact cannot be denied that Kapil Sharma is a very nice person who made all of us laugh and it is very sad to see him in this state. His show has treated as a medicine for many people and acted as an escape from the normal boring life.
But due to his mental stress, his current show Family Time with Kapil has been suspended because of his downfall in health and the show ratings.
Let us hope that Kapil Sharma regains his popularity, charisma, composure and he starts to spread smiles on everyone's faces like he used to.
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Sir Glutonius é um parente distante do Tio Patinhas, era cozinheiro do rei Guilherme, o Leão. Certa vez saqueou a dispensa real e morreu de indigestão.

É mencionado na história "O Segredo do Castelo", de Carl Barks e depois apareceu na árvore genealógica da Família Pato, de Don Rosa. Nasceu na Escócia em 1159 e foi enterrado no cemitério da família. Sua armadura foi colocada no hall de entrada do castelo.

Nomes em outros idiomas
 Alemão: Sir Dümpelfried Duck
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 Inglês: Sir Roast McDuck
 Italiano: Conte Pancia di Ghisa de Paperoni
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On NYS Suffrage's Centennial, Celebrating New Push to Honor Pioneers
November 16, 2017 | Filed under: News | Posted by: manhattannews
Girl Scout Troops 3482 and 3484 celebrate the legacy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony at the New-York Historical Society on the evening of Nov. 6. | Photo by Tequila Minsky
BY TEQUILA MINSKY | On the evening of Nov. 6, just hours after the dedication of a site in Central Park for a planned Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument, supporters of the project held a celebratory reception at the New-York Historical Society on Central Park West and 77th St.
Those attending represented a Who's Who of women's rights activists, whose accomplishments go back decades: Carol Bellamy, a former state senator who was the first woman elected president of the New York City Council, the first woman to get one million votes in the US, and a former head of the Peace Corps; former Borough President Ruth Messinger, who had earlier served on the City Council; Elizabeth Holtzman, a former member of Congress who served as Brooklyn district attorney and city comptroller; East Side Congressmember Carolyn Maloney; Lynn Sherr, a former ABC news correspondent who in 1992 wrote an op-ed arguing that statues should honor Stanton and Anthony; Rosie Rios, who served as treasurer of the US for seven years during the Obama administration; and Marisa Lago, director of the city's Department of City Planning.
Borough President Gale Brewer got the program going with a brief history of the effort to honor two pioneering suffrage activists and the movement their lives symbolized.
"This is a really big day for New York," Brewer said. "I want to thank everyone in this room because one way or another you have been involved."
Borough President Gale Brewer and Coline Jenkins of the Stanton and Anthony Statue Fund and a great-great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. | Photo by Tequila Minsky
She elaborated, "We started meeting with the [Central] Park Conservancy and Pam Elam and Coline Jenkins," pointing to the two women who head up the Stanton and Anthony Statue Fund to raise money for the project. "Putting a new statue [in Central Park] has all of its challenges."
Jenkins is the great-great-granddaughter of Stanton.
The borough president continued, "We sat in so many conference room and walked so many miles of that friggin' park. What was the right location?… The Mall is the right place to be. It came with a lot of heart, soul, discussions, and meetings."
Brewer noted the way in which civic statues educate the public and celebrate past historical achievements.
"To have this statue, men and women, young and old, can go to this statue as we often go to Harriet Tubman [on W. 122nd St. in Harlem] on her birthday, Eleanor Roosevelt [in Riverside Park] on her birthday, now even more we can learn about a movement. It has all the educational aspects that are not discussed, unfortunately, in the public schools."
Pam Elam, who heads the Stanton and Anthony Statue Fund, points to the monument's future location. | Photo by Tequila Minsky
Congresswoman Maloney talked about how the first demand that women be given the right to vote came out of the 1948 Seneca Falls Convention with Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments that incorporated women into the promise of the Declaration of Independence. She described the fight for women's right to vote as the largest non-violent revolution in history.
Inspired by the monument site's dedication on the centennial of women winning the vote in New York State, Maloney said she is organizing a rally in support of her effort to revive the push for a federal Equal Rights Amendment for November 17 at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Fearless Girl statue at Bowling Green downtown.
"Many think she's standing up to discrimination and trying to do something about it," the congressmember said of Fearless Girl.
Rosie Rios, treasurer of the US during the Obama administration, and Marisa Lago, director of the city's Department of City Planning. | Photo by Tequila Minsky
Maloney added, "We see all this sexual violence against women. One way to deal with this is to put women in the Constitution, so you can sue. With the ERA, we will put the force of law behind issues like equal pay for equal work. I spend a lot of time in Congress fighting for what we already have."
She specifically mentioned the constant efforts by conservatives to chip away at a woman's right to choose as well as the federal Title IX guarantee of equality for girls in school sports.
The Statue Fund's president, Elam, a long-time activist for recognizing the history of women's achievements, said, "Tonight we celebrate the power of moving history forward. The fighting against misogyny never ends, and the battle for equality goes on. We honor the women who came before us. Two figures and many others names will be incorporated in the design. With the unveiling of the monument in August 2020, an educational campaign will begin to tell the compelling, complex, and complete women's suffrage story."
Brenda Berkman, who became the city's first woman firefighter in 1982, donated $10,000 to the Statue Fund. | Photo by Tequila Minsky
Jenkins held a picture of her great-great-grandmother, Stanton, at age 32.
"You can be young and do great things," Jenkins said. "A handful of women got together to tweak the Declaration of Independence to read, 'All men and women are created equal.'"
Then pointing to the young man videotaping the event, Jenkins added, "He's the great-great-great-grandson of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and he's a women's rights man."
At that point in the evening, women began coming forward to make donations to the Statue Fund, with Brenda Berkman, who became the city's first woman firefighter in 1982, donating $10,000 targeted for the educational component of the Statue Fund. Jenkins herself pledged $30,000 for the cost of the sculptors' maquettes, which will lay out their vision for the monument in preliminary fashion.
The last to speak was one of the Girl Scouts.
Pipa, from Girl Scout Troop 3484, closed the evening. | Photo by Tequila Minsky
"I'm Pipa with Troop 3484," the girl said. "Last year, we were educated about how there were no statues of women in Central Park. We were very surprised. It's sad when you think about it."
Then, grappling with her words, Pipa added, "Women are not only half the population, we did make the men" — a comment met with a lot of laughter and applause — "and we need role models."


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Salt Lake County keeps losing Latter-day Saints, and there are multiple theories as to why
Utah's statewide population is now 60% LDS.
(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) A silhoutte of the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Jan. 3, 2018. Membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has dropped for the third straight year in the faith's home base of Salt Lake County.
By Lee Davidson
| Jan. 14, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
| Updated: 3:08 p.m.
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For nearly 174 years, Salt Lake County has served as the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and home for most of its presidents and apostles. Early pioneers created it as a remote refuge from persecution.
For a third consecutive year, the raw number of church members in the county has dropped significantly — by 5,734 members, according to 2020 data provided to The Salt Lake Tribune by Utah's predominant faith. It fell by 17,174 over the past three years, the equivalent to losing the population of Bluffdale.
That decline came as Utah's most populous county continued to grow, adding about 36,600 residents over those same three years.
Salt Lake County is minority Latter-day Saint, a distinction it first received in 2017 — and since then the percentage continued to slide. Latter-day Saints now account for 46.89% of its population, the seventh year in row to see the percentage dip.
(Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)
For the second straight year, church membership also fell in two of Utah's other four biggest counties: by 1,038 in Weber and by 508 in Davis. And the percentage of Utah's population that is LDS continues a six-year decrease, now down to 60.02% from 63.33% in 2014.
Utah County, meanwhile, the second largest in the state and home to church-owned Brigham Young University, continues to be a magnet for Latter-day Saints.
It accounted for all of the growth of church membership in the state last year and is 80.43% LDS. Utah County has now nearly matched the total number of church members living in the nearly twice-as-large Salt Lake County.
Explaining the trends
Among the possible reasons for these documented declines are Utahns leaving the faith and resigning their membership.
"We know that there continues to be an exodus from the church," said Patrick Mason, head of Mormon history and culture at Utah State University. "This has been one of the main stories of the church in the 21st century and may be accelerating over the past decade."
(Chris Detrick | Tribune file photo) Sarah Epperson mails her letter of resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near Temple Square in Salt Lake City Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015.
Matt Martinich, a Latter-day Saint and independent demographer based in Colorado, is skeptical.
He said the church has reported a major net increase in new wards and branches organized in Utah within the past two years, including since the coronavirus pandemic started: "There is no evidence to indicate more people are leaving the church, or joining the church, in Utah in recent years."
Wider demographic shifts may account for some of the changes, said Pam Perlich, senior demographer at the University of Utah's Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. That includes: more people who are not LDS moving to the state; more church members dying as Utah's population ages; and a plunging birthrate in recent years, adding fewer babies to church rolls.
The church itself has long declined comment to The Tribune about membership changes in the state. The church has given The Tribune the same county-by-county membership numbers it gives to the Utah Population Committee, a government group that uses it to help estimate the state's population.
The data reflects only those Latter-day Saints with a known address. It is possible the church has a higher number of members, but they are not active enough to let local lay leaders request their records and attach a current address to them.
Assessing the erosion in Utah's LDS head count requires identifying the ways members might be dropped from local rolls: They may resign membership, be excommunicated (or had their membership withdrawn), move to another area, die, or have records created when they were babies later removed if they were never baptized into the faith.
Mason said there has been a slide in the activity level of church members.
"There have been some surveys in recent years to show that retention rates among Latter-day Saints have declined significantly over the past generation," he said. Over the past five to 10 years, he said hard-to-quantify numbers of people have been leaving the church for a variety of reasons.
"The No. 1 issue in the last couple of years," he said, "has been over disagreements with the church's policy around LGBTQ issues and other matters related to gender equality and women's role and place in the church."
(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Demonstrators at a rally about BYU's changing position on "romantic behavior" by same-sex couples gather in front of the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 6, 2020.
Much of that had roots in reaction to a 2015 policy that labeled members in same-sex relationships as "apostates" and blocked their children from being baptized until they were adults. The policy has since been rescinded.
"There's always a certain number of people who become disenchanted over other doctrinal and historical issues," Mason said. "It's just really hard to quantify that, especially in any particular location."
Latter-day Saint writer Jana Riess' groundbreaking Next Mormons Survey showed that U.S. millennials are indeed leaving the church at higher rates than past generations.
"We used to keep about 75% of members," she said on a 2019 Tribune "Mormon Land" podcast. "For millennials, it's about 46%, or less than half."
"Feeling judged," Riess noted, was the top reason Latter-day Saint women gave for leaving the fold.
Other factors have ranged from people doubting stories about the origins of modern Mormon scriptures to past polygamy and the church's former ban preventing Black men from holding its all-male priesthood and Black women from entering its temples.
All of that seems to "impact a lot of people in their 20s and 30s, who are in their child-rearing years," Mason said. "So that could have an impact in terms of them deciding not to bless their babies or not to baptize their children. But it's hard to get hard facts on that."
It may also lead to an increase in the number of people who formally resign their church membership.
Mark Naugle is a Salt Lake City-based attorney who started the website QuitMormon.com to help members resign without the need to contact church leaders themselves.
Requests "are steady," he said, "but, no, we haven't seen any big jumps" recently.
"What used to happen is I would turn on the computer and see that 2,000 people had resigned this weekend, and I'd say, 'What happened? What policy change happened or who said what in General Conference?'"
Naugle said he most recently noticed a bump after stories that the church had amassed $100 billion in a "rainy day account" but kept it secret for fear it might discourage members from paying tithing.
He added he found that many of those who resign "have been simmering for a while, or they're out [of the church] mentally and just need an excuse to be pushed over the edge."
Ryan Sorensen with QuitMormon.com reports that it has submitted more than 16,000 resignation requests from Utahns since 2016. He said it has turned in nearly 36,000 total resignations from members worldwide in the same time.
The Utah resignation numbers by year are 1,361 in 2016; 3,542 in 2017; 5,501 in 2018; 4,474 in 2019; and 1,253 in 2020.
Naugle said numbers are down in 2020 partly because he said membership resignation is increasingly difficult, with the church requiring his site to include notarized letters beyond simple ID such as a photocopy of a driver license. He says the church often does not act in a timely manner on letters, so his group resends applications. "They don't want to make it easier for people to leave the church."
Demographic changes
Martinich, the independent demographer, believes other factors — such as Latter-day Saints moving — are a bigger driver of changes in LDS membership numbers.
He sees no truly significant changes in people leaving or joining the church in Utah over time, and he's tracked an increase in new congregations, called wards and branches, where people worship.
For example, he said at least eight new stakes, or regional clusters of congregations, were created in Utah in 2020 and no stakes discontinued. And there has been a net increase of about 65 congregations in Utah in 2020.
(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) People listen during the Sunday morning session of the 189th twice-annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019.
So, Martinich said, "the biggest driver for the declining percentage of Latter-day Saints in the most populous Utah counties has to do with non-Latter-day Saints moving into the state in larger numbers."
Perlich, the U. demographer, said more non-Mormons do appear to be moving into the state, diluting the percentage of Utahns who belong to the church.
In recent years, people moving to Utah accounted for a third of the population growth — with the rest coming from "natural growth," or births minus deaths. In 2020, it was about 50-50.
"People are coming and bringing their characteristics from the outside world here," Perlich said. "So there is less probability that you would get active LDS members moving in."
Utah's birthrate also has plummeted. Last year, Utah had its lowest number of births in 21 years. The total fertility rate, or how many children a Utah woman would expect to have in her lifetime, is down to 2.03.
Perlich notes the average age in Utah has been climbing, meaning "deaths are going up because of the age of church members."
Besides nonmembers moving in, Latter-day Saint numbers in Salt Lake County could be affected by residents moving to places with more affordable housing, like nearby Utah County.
Mason also believes there may be a "cultural and religious dimension" to relocations outside of Salt Lake County. Some church members may be "feeling like Salt Lake County is an increasingly inhospitable place for Latter-day Saints, and may be sort of ceding the area to the 'Gentiles,' to use the old parlance," he said.
"We continue to see some geographic segregation along religious lines," he said. "I think most of that is going to be voluntary and people just choosing to go among other people more like themselves."
(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Missionaries at the Missionary Training Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Provo on June 18, 2013.
Notable numbers
Several other findings from the church's 2020 membership numbers are notable, including:
• Latter-day Saints are minorities in five counties in Utah: Grand (24.77%), Summit (28.49%), San Juan (36.22%), Carbon (45.38%) and Salt Lake (46.89%). Weber County is drifting close to that at 51.38%.
San Juan includes part of the Navajo Nation. Grand and Summit are home to vacation and tourist areas. Carbon County historically was home to coal mining, which attracted many non-Mormon miners.
• The counties with the highest percentage of Latter-day Saints are Morgan (82.68%), Rich (82.52%), Utah (80.43%) and Box Elder (74.92%).
• Utah County added 10,401 Latter-day Saints last year. Utah statewide actually added slightly fewer, 10,334, because of losses in such counties as Salt Lake, Davis and Weber.
• Utah County now has 539,573 Latter-day Saints, which comes close to matching the 546,163 who live in much larger Salt Lake County.
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We have always been based in Bradford, a city rich in history and culture but one with areas of serious deprivation and structural health inequalities, as highlighted in national public health reports over many years.
We always try to support charities and voluntary groups who are tackling problems, improving the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people and providing opportunities and facilities that can transform the quality of life for all of us, or as we like to describe it, 'positively touching people's lives.
In the last 12 years, we've donated over £7.9 million to health and wellbeing good causes.
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This has to be one of our favorite how to stencil projects ever! We took an old coffee table and transformed it into a show-stopping vintage piece that features faux aged blue glazed tiles enhanced by a Craqueleur finish.
We share the whole process in this step by step video. Watch it above and find all the supplies and steps detailed out below!
Buy the Tutorial Stencil Kit along with your favorite stencil and you're all set to recreate this look!
Use a brush to paint the table base with Old White Chalk Paint®. Apply the paint liberally and with random brushstrokes. Avoid filling the recessed areas of any carving with the paint. This will give you an instant "aged" look.
Use a foam roller to paint the table top with two smooth coats of Old White Chalk Paint. Allow to dry. Measure your area to determine how many repeats of the tile pattern will fit each way. Our Ceramic Tile Stencil contains 6" tiles and ¼" grout lines. Be sure to include space for the ¼" grout lines around the outer edges also.
Use blue painter's tape to mask off the total design area for the grout and tiles. Use a foam roller to paint over it with 1-2 coats of French Linen Chalk Paint®. Allow to dry.
Place the Ceramic Tile Stencil to leave some space on the outside for the ¼" "grout line" and secure using painter's tape. Load a foam roller evenly with Pure White Chalk Paint®. Off load some excess paint on a piece of contractor's paper or paper towels. Roll over the stencil using a light to medium pressure. You may need to do 2 coats to achieve complete coverage. Repeat the Ceramic Tile Stencil pattern overall using the registration marks for perfect alignment.
We wanted to create a Mediterranean tile look, so chose two beautiful blue colors: Folk Art Midnight and Americana Blue Harbor. For the lighter blue color we mixed a little Midnight into the Blue Harbor to darken it slightly. The darker blue color will just be straight Midnight.
To create a glazed tile look you want to make the acrylic paint more translucent. Add Folk Art extender a few drops at a time and stir well until you get a nice flow to the paint. How much to add depends on the thickness of the paint and your desired look. Add just a little at a time (up to 40%) and test it.
Load a ¾" stencil brush with the lighter blue. The Extender will make the paint more fluid, so it is very important to off load the excess paint well on paper towels.
Make sure that the stencil pattern lines up with the corners of the tiles and tape into place. Stencil the whole design area with the light blue using a light but firm pressure. Always start light and build up the color slowly. Stencil a small area and lift the stencil to check your work. Don't try to fill the pattern in evenly and opaquely. Leave some areas more translucent than others to create a glazed tile effect.
Pro Tip: If you see brushstrokes when you are stenciling, that means you need to offload more. It should have a very smooth look.
Load a smaller 3/8" stencil brush with the darker blue. Off load the brush well again on a paper towels. Using a smaller brush will allow you to have more control to just apply the color in certain areas without having to tape off.
Controlling the brush and color placement allows us to paint just certain design elements with the darker blue, without getting the paint where we don't want it. Of course, you can feel free to tape off design elements for this step just to be sure.
Continue stenciling different tile patterns in each of the blank tiles. We use a variety of patterns from these tile sets: Renaissance Tiles A and B, Talevera Tile Set. There is no exact pattern to lay the tile designs, just make sure you have variety throughout the tabletop.
Always start with the lighter color and stencil allover, so you can later come back with a smaller brush and stencil just the darker areas.
The Ceramic Tile Stencil includes the tile shape silhouettes. These give you an edge to stencil/shade around, which adds a realistic dimensional look to the tiles.
Mix Medium Grey Folk Art Acrylic Paint with Extender. Add just a little bit at a time to get a fluid, translucent consistency. Load a clean, dry 3/8" stencil brush and off load well on paper towels.
Place and tape the tile silhouette shape over the top of a stenciled tile. Paint a "shadow" by hugging the brush along the edge of the plastic as you stencil. Complete all four edges then make the shadow darker on two connecting sides of each tile for a more realistic look. Simply stencil another layer of grey paint to achieve this.
Craqueleur is a two-step finish that dries clear and creates a fine crackle effect. It's perfect to create the look of antique tiles on this project.
Replace and position the Ceramic Tile Stencil. Apply step #1 using a 1" stencil brush. Dip the tips of the brush into the medium and off load slightly on paper towels.
Apply Step 1 through the stencil openings using a soft swirling and dragging motion with the brush. Continue moving the stencil and applying the first coat of Step 1 over the whole surface. Remove the stencil and allow the first coat to dry for about 10 minutes.
Repeat with the stencil and apply a second coat of Step 1 over all the tiles. This will give you larger cracks and ensure full coverage. Remove the stencil and allow Step 1 to dry for about 15 minutes.
When Step 1 is dry, replace the stencil and use a foam brush to apply a thicker coat of Step 2. Be very careful to avoid having the product run under the edges of the stencil. Use a light pressure and brush from the outside towards the center of the tiles. Cracks will develop as Step 2 dries.
Since the crackle finish is clear, it needs to be enhanced with Dark Wax to make the cracks visible and give them some "aging". Replace the Ceramic Tile Stencil and use cheesecloth to apply a light layer of dark wax through the stencil.
Use a clean piece of cheesecloth to remove excess wax and repeat in all tiles.
Apply a thin layer of Clear Soft Wax overall to the rest of the table. While the wax is still wet lightly distress the paint finish using a medium grit sand paper.
After distressing apply a second layer of Clear Soft Wax overall, including the tile patterns. Remove excess wax with a clean cloth and a hard pressure. Allow your piece to cure from 20 minutes to 24 hours before buffing for maximum durability.
And here's the final result! A gorgeous piece of upcycled furniture that looks like it was inlaid with aged blue glazed tiles.
The stencil patterns add a lovely decorative touch, the easy shading around the tiles make it look real, and the craqueleur finish makes it look like a cherished antique.
If you liked this stencil video tutorial please leave us a comment! You can find more How to Stencil Video Tutorials here!
Looks fantastic! I never thought about using a crackle finish, but it makes so much sense! What finish would you recommend if I didn't want it to look distressed?


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declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\CLI\Command\ShortUrl;

use Shlinkio\Shlink\CLI\Command\Visit\AbstractVisitsListCommand;
use Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\Paginator\Paginator;
use Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\Util\DateRange;
use Shlinkio\Shlink\Core\ShortUrl\Model\ShortUrlIdentifier;
use Shlinkio\Shlink\Core\Visit\Entity\Visit;
use Shlinkio\Shlink\Core\Visit\Model\VisitsParams;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;

class GetShortUrlVisitsCommand extends AbstractVisitsListCommand
{
    public const NAME = 'short-url:visits';

    protected function configure(): void
    {
        $this
            ->setName(self::NAME)
            ->setDescription('Returns the detailed visits information for provided short code')
            ->addArgument('shortCode', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The short code which visits we want to get.')
            ->addOption('domain', 'd', InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'The domain for the short code.');
    }

    protected function interact(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): void
    {
        $shortCode = $input->getArgument('shortCode');
        if (! empty($shortCode)) {
            return;
        }

        $io = new SymfonyStyle($input, $output);
        $shortCode = $io->ask('A short code was not provided. Which short code do you want to use?');
        if (! empty($shortCode)) {
            $input->setArgument('shortCode', $shortCode);
        }
    }

    protected function getVisitsPaginator(InputInterface $input, DateRange $dateRange): Paginator
    {
        $identifier = ShortUrlIdentifier::fromCli($input);
        return $this->visitsHelper->visitsForShortUrl($identifier, new VisitsParams($dateRange));
    }

    /**
     * @return array<string, string>
     */
    protected function mapExtraFields(Visit $visit): array
    {
        return [];
    }
}

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Sydney Grace Autumn's Reign Eyeshadow Palette ($52.00 for 0.95 oz.) is a new, permanent palette featuring a mix of mattes and shimmers across neutrals and various jewel-toned hues. It's really a versatile palette on its own–there were so many ways to mix and match the shimmers and mattes together.
Each look idea is centered around a "quad" of four shades with the expectation that one might bring in the appropriate brow bone or additional transitional shade based on skin tone. I know that I tend to use more like five or six shades in a typical look, but I think that four is a happy medium to give a good idea of the "core" color scheme of a look while giving you the ability to lighten/darken as desired. I have listed the colors in this order: inner lid, middle of lid, outer lid/crease, and crease/above crease.
You might see combinations that seem slightly repeated but placement will vary (e.g. a halo placement where the lightest and more shimmery shade is placed on the center) as placement can also create a different effect/look! You might also want to consider incorporating your favorite matte/shimmer shades (as applicable) to increase the versatility of certain palettes. Consider these ideas a jumping off point!
These combos are stunning! You're really, really making me want to get this palette now.
Ditto. I always liked it, but never bit.
That's a heckuva diverse array of possible looks!
Lots of pretty color combinations in this palette. I've been waiting to try Sydney Grace's eye shadows looks like this may be a great way to try them out.
Absolutely fabulous combinations Christine – you can really get a wide range of creative and colourful looks from your suggestions.
It really was quite diverse!
These shadows are gorgeous and I love your suggestions.
That does it. In. SG take all my $. I can no longer resist. I'm more of an SG Ho than even CP. These combos are everything. Lots to like today. And beautifully/articulately presented as always. Thanks so much,Christine.
This is brilliant, thank you for the inspiration!
Hot damn, you are good at this!
I love this palette. I wish it was easier to get here in Europe.
And these colour combos are wonderful, Christine!
Thanks so much for this! I need to try these combos now. Thanks for the ideas of how to wear this palette, most of which I would've never thought of on my own.
What a lovely palette! I have to check if I can dupe it or not. And you made it worth wanting even more with these combinations already thought out. Thanks for your hard work Christine!!!


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Paul Wake Baker
Author of Spirit Wind and Walk Against Time
January 11, 2015 January 13, 2015 | Paul Wake Baker
Adapting a classic novel to the big screen is always a dicey proposition. The screen writer and director have a limited amount of time, yet there is so much in a classic novel that readers depend on for a satisfying experience. Indeed, there is so much that is germane to the internal logic of a novel of depth that the story itself is resistant to adaptation within a two hour format. That was proven conclusively with the BBC film Pride and Prejudice, presented as a television mini-series five hours long.
Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre presents particular problems because each of the three distinct elements of the story warrants telling, yet the third section is difficult to fit into a film. Adapted for the screen by Hugh Whitemore and legendary director Franco Zeffirelli, this 1996 script, like others before it, concentrates on Jane's childhood and her relationship with the master of Thornfield Hall, but compresses the third part of the book into a few hasty minutes.
For a full synopsis of the story, I refer readers to my review of the novel Jane Eyre. In short, it is the story of a girl, Jane Eyre (Anna Paquin), in the middle years of 19th Century in England, orphaned and mistreated by her aunt, then sent to an impoverished school for girls. She grows up to become a teacher (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and is employed at Thornfield Hall by the housekeeper, Mrs. Fairfax (Joan Plowright) as governess for a little French, ward of the master of the hall, Mr. Edward Rochester (William Hurt). She falls in love with him, but he is married to a madwoman, so Jane runs away and is taken in by a clergyman, St. John (Samuel West) and his sisters. The clergyman employs her as a school teacher, but asks her to become his wife and travel with him as a missionary. She refuses and instead goes back to Thornfield Hall, only to find that it has been destroyed in a fire. Discovering that Rochester's mad wife died in the blaze, she reunites with the man she loves.
Director Franco Zeffirelli is a master at camera composition, use of landscape, and color and this film certainly reflects that. It is beautiful in every respect and can be enjoyed simply for that aspect. Both Anna Paquin and Charlotte Gainsbourg are wonderful as Jane Eyre at ten and seventeen. They look so much alike that they are certainly believable as the same person. That Gainsbourg is made to look plain is a step above most adaptations of the novel and it makes her extra believable in the role. She also infuses the character with the simplicity and independence that make Jane Eyre such a memorable character. The creation of Jane Eyre in this film is really terrific! William Hurt is fine as Rochester, though he is plainly a little too good looking for the part. There are also a few times when I didn't believe him as an Englishman, although there is nothing glaring about the performance. It is solid, but not overly impressive. The supporting cast is really terrific, especially Joan Plowright as Mrs. Fairfax, Leanne Rowe as Helen Burns, John Wood as Mr. Brocklehurst, Fiona Shaw as Mrs. Reed, Geraldine Chaplin as Miss Scatcherd, Amanda Root as Miss Temple, Billie Whitelaw as Grace Poole, and Maria Schneider as Rochester's mad wife Bertha. Elle McPherson, the model, also makes a cameo as Blanche Ingram, the society woman set on marrying Rochester for his money.
Zeffirelli spends adequate time on Jane's childhood, especially in framing the friendship between her and Helen Burns. The middle section that concentrates on the evolving relationship between Jane and Rochester is extremely well done. The affection between them is difficult to achieve, partly because they are such different people, but Gainsbourg and Hurt work very well together and Zeffirelli helps the viewers to see it happening without using words. It is masterfully done.
Whitemore and Zeffirelli take a big chance, however, by introducing the characters of St. John and his sister Mary as go-betweens when Jane's aunt Mrs. Reed becomes ill before dying. Although it tightens up the plot in a creative way, it also puts in place the means of Jane ending up with them later on and leads the screenwriters to completely eliminate what might be the best scene in the entire work: Jane's wandering the moors alone after she leaves Rochester. In the novel and in other screen adaptations the scene is extremely powerful. Jane, without caring for her own life, wanders aimlessly, sleeps in a ditch and is at death's doorstep when she stumbles onto St. John's home. By cutting out that scene, the screen writers have her go directly to St. John based on his prior association with her and her illness is skirted over very quickly. Likewise, Jane's enormous confusion over St. John's proposal is also missing. In the novel, her thoughts on the proposal provide the entire basis for her return to seek out Rochester and that inner logic hurts the entire last part of the movie.
On the other hand, Zeffirelli brings the film in at slightly under two hours. It is a beautiful movie, with many positive aspects to it, not the least of which is the most believable Jane I've yet seen. Paquin and Gainsbourg are absolutely marvelous and that means a lot in a story that absolutely depends on the believability of the title character. I find it a little annoying that William Hurt has top billing because his character is truly ancillary to Jane.
It is a good film and should be seen by all fans of Jane Eyre.
Read my review of the novel Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte!
This 1847 classic novel both delights and confounds a modern reader.
Told mostly in first person past (with brief lapses into first person present) by the heroine, Jane Eyre, the book was originally subtitled An Autobiography. It begins with Jane as a young girl of ten years as an orphan living with her Aunt Reed at Gateshead Hall.
Read my review of the 1997 ITV movie of Jane Eyre.
This film adaptation of the classic novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë was originally aired on Great Britain's ITV in March of 1997 runs approximately one hour and 45 minutes. Obviously, a great deal had to be cut from the story in order to fit it into that kind of time parameter, but Kay Mellor's script concentrates rightly on the romance between Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester and the Gothic suspense of Thornfield.
Read my review of the 2011 Cary Fukunaga movie of Jane Eyre.
This adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel Jane Eyre was produced in 2011. Directed by Cary Fukunaga from a script by Moira Buffini, this is clearly the best of the recent movie versions of the novel. Ms. Buffini's script is faithful to the novel, yet innovative in the way it tells the story, bringing a passion lacking in the other attempts.
October 29, 2014 | Paul Wake Baker
Most things that give enjoyment are not bad. In fact, most things in life that we enjoy are entirely without sin, even if they do induce sensual pleasure, such as, let us say, chocolate, that most wonderful of confections.
My review contains information about the story, so if you haven't seen the movie, beware. Reading this review may spoil the ending for you!
It is 1959, in a French village surrounded by a wall and a river, barricaded from the world as if it hadn't changed since the Renaissance. On a Sunday morning when everyone is at church, a woman, Vianne (Juliette Binoche), and her young daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol), trudge through the wind and snow to open a chocolaterie. Vianne is destined to wander from town to town, as her mother did, dispensing the joy of chocolate. She carries her mother's ashes with her and she knows that Anouk will also be destined for the same fate.
The mayor, Comte Paul de Reynaud (Alfred Molina) finds it sinful to open such a business during Lent and he encourages the villagers to boycott it and their young priest, Pere Henri (Hugh O'Conor) to preach sermons against it. When he discovers that Anouk is an illegitimate child and that Vianne will not attend mass, he becomes even more consumed with driving her out of business. He has his own problems: his wife has gone to Italy and it looks like she isn't coming back and he is also struggling with his own desires for food as he starves himself in his sorrow.
In order to coax the villagers to buy her chocolate, Vianne gives away free samples, winning over Guillaume Blerot (John Wood), an older man whose little dog Charlie likes the treats. Blerot pines after a WWI widow, Madame Audel (Leslie Caron) and he wins her over with little chocolate treats. Vianne's first real friend comes in the form of her landlady, Armande (Judi Dench), who also doesn't go to church. She is estranged from her daughter, Caroline (Carrie-Anne Moss), who works for the Comte and keeps her son, Luc (Aurélien Parent-Koenig), away from his grandmother. Vianne arranged for Luc to spend some time with Armande at the chocolaterie under the pretense of his drawing a portrait of her. Vianne wins another friend when the owner of the café, Serge (Peter Stormare) beats his wife Josephine (Lena Olin) who runs to the chocolaterie for sanctuary. She stays and becomes Vianne's assistant. The Comte attempts to force Serge to get himself together, making him abstain from alchohol, teaching him manners, sending him to catechism classes.
The town is thrown into chaos when a band of gypsies arrives by boat, docking along the river front. Led by a charismatic young man, Roux (Johnny Depp), the gypsies want nothing more than to trade, but the Comte forbids it and mounts a campaign to have the villagers boycott the gypsies. Of course, Vianne is intrigued and makes friends with Roux. When Serge assaults the chocolaterie in a drunken rage, breaking open the door, the women fight him off and Josephine knocks him out with a skillet. Roux volunteers to repair Vianne's door and she agrees to hire him, thus breaking the boycott. The Comte takes his fight with her to a new level as he tells all of the villagers that to consort with her is to consort with the devil and he makes Pere Henri do the same thing from the pulpit.
Vianne feels that the whole world is against her and considers leaving, but Armande requests that she throw her a party for her 70th birthday. Vianne also has planned a Festival for Easter Sunday. Most of Vianne's friends attend, including Luc and Roux, but dessert is to be served on Roux's boat and they all retire there to dance and enjoy the evening. Caroline comes in search of Luc, but when she sees him dancing with his grandmother, she doesn't interfere. However, Serge brings the Comte to see the party and the mayor tells him, "Something must be done." When the party winds down, a fire erupts on the boats. Seeing the damage, Vianne decides that it is time to leave, so she packs, over Josephine's pleas that she stay, and forces to Anouk to join her, but they fight and her mother's ashes are spilled. There is laughter and she looks into her kitchen to find Josephine leading the villagers in the preparation for the Easter Festival. She abandons her plans to leave.
On the night before Easter, Serge confesses to the Comte that he started the boat fire because the Comte had told him that "something must be done." In a fit of rage, the Comte banishes Serge from the village, then goes to pray, confessing that he is so starved and so weak of spirit that he must do something. Taking up a knife, he breaks into the chocolaterie to destroy the confections in the window display, but a bit of chocolate splashes onto his lip and he licks it up. In one moment, he loses his composure and begins to eat every bit of chocolate he can get his hands on. The next morning, Pere Henri sees the mayor passed out in the window display, covered in chocolate.
It's hard to imagine anyone crusty enough not to love Chocolat. It is a wonderful movie, beautifully and movingly directed by Lasse Hallström, the Swedish director who also gave us The Cider House Rules (and, by the way, Lena Olin's husband). The music by Rachel Portman, part gypsy, part Hispanic, part French, is absolutely perfect for every scene in the film. Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs from the novel by Joanne Harris, the story is strong and true, moving, funny, and uplifting.
All of the actors are wonderful and it would be hard to single out one performance that stands out above the other, but I must mention that Judi Dench is amazing as Armande and that Johnny Depp's guitar adds a great deal to the fun. Binoche is lovely as Vianne and it is good to see her teamed with Lena Olin, the first time the two women have worked together since The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
This is an incandescent story of freedom. No matter how firm oppression may seem, if you are good and true and give love back to the world, the world will eventually come to you.


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2014 Winter Olympics: Bronze Medal Game Watching Thread
USA vs Finland play to see who goes home with the Bronze and who goes home with nothing.
By Taylor Baird@taylordbaird Feb 22, 2014, 8:34am CST
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Finland lost to Sweden yesterday when Kari Lehtonen allowed two goals and Finland only scored one. Finland will need more even strength offense to beat the Americans today. Team USA has killed about 90% of the penalty kills they've had so far this tournament. Team USA can do some serious damage against Finland on the man advantage, who has one of the worst penalty kills at just 60%. The thing is, they tend not to take a lot of penalties in the game.
A bronze medal would be something, but it's not what most people expected from the USA men's hockey team. Favored to at least challenge for silver, USA could walk away with no medals instead today. I would expect them to play with some fire so as not to have that happen. Finland is also disappointed, though many will write off their lack of success at this tournament as due to a lot of injuries to top offensive guys that should have been on the team but couldn't make it.
Let's get a medal.
In the Eye of the Hurricanes, Stars Lose In Overtime All hail Wyatt Johnston though.


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Regarded as being one of the Costa del Sol's major family attractions the Bioparc Fuengirola champions the idea that animals and nature can live side by side outside of their natural environment.
Your visit to Bioparc Fuengirola will enable you to discover the African savannah without even leaving Malaga!
In today's world of environmental enlightenment keeping animals in captivity seems no longer acceptable except in cases where breeding programs are important to protect a species from extinction.
Having already established itself in Europe as a flagship attraction, the Bioparc Fuengirola comprises a living zoo where animals are allowed to roam freely rather than being kept in cages.
Instead of the usual zoo experience where you see animals pacing up and down in enclosed spaces, Bioparc Fuengirola allows you to wander around a simulated tropical forest complete with rivers and waterfalls.
For visitors, it is like stepping inside a David Attenborough documentary getting close up to crocodiles and Sumatra tigers while monkeys swing through the canopy above.
If you are really brave you can even visit an abandoned mine full of bats just waiting for nightfall to go out hunting for food.
During the peak summer months of July and August, the park stays open until 12.00am with artificial lighting so that visitors can experience nocturnal creatures out hunting for food.
Altogether the park is home to more than 200 species, including many that are on the endangered list.
The objective of the park is not only to allow visitors to witness what it would be like to see the animals in their natural environment, but to promote an understanding of how important it is for a species survival and how we can make sure that the mistakes of the past are not repeated in the future.
If the animal adventure was not enough Fuengirola Bioparc also has a dedicated children's play area complete with a miniature farm.
The park is also designed to be disability friendly with no steps or barriers to prevent people in wheelchairs from enjoying the experience.
To round off your visit or take a break during the day you can get something to eat & drink in one of the parks themed restaurants.
The Fuengirola Bioparc is located in the centre of Fuengirola close to the seafront, just about 700 metres from the local train station and bus stations.
The journey by train from Malaga airport to Fuengirola is 35 minutes and from Malaga train station just 30 minutes & is only €2.70. The zoo is just 5 minutes from Fuengirola bus station and train station.
Book your tickets here and save on your entry fee to Bioparc Fuengirola.


SCIPS (Strategies for Creating Inclusive Programmes of Study) is the result of a HEFCE funded project that was authored and managed by Dr Val Chapman(NTF) at the University of Worcester. SCIPS assists the academic community in developing a more inclusive approach to the design of teaching, learning and assessment strategies that will enable disabled students to participate more fully in Higher Education.
Student Centred Adult Learning Engagement in Higher Education (SCALE) is a project aimed at supporting lecturers delivering degree level courses in universities, colleges and other educational providers.
Following research identifying the learning needs of students in secondary education, this project explores how lecturers are supported and equipped to meet students' needs when they progress into Higher Education. This project will explore needs that lectures identify, and also their examples of best practice. It will respond to the needs, and collate the best practice, adding to this to create a toolkit to facilitate high quality learning support for students working at degree-level. The resulting toolkit will be made freely available online in the partner languages of English, Italian, Polish and Spanish.
Staff development will be provided for lecturers through an e-course that will be piloted, refined and published as part of the SCALE project. The result will be the upskilling of at least 80 lecturers during the development of the project, with a tried and tested high quality resources established to support many more following the launch of the toolkit.
In addition to projects relating to education, the University of Worcester is also involved in projects relating to the employment/employability of disabled people.
The GUIDE project: Guidelines for Teachers Working with Students with Medium-light Cognitive Impairment. The project is focused on teachers working in secondary schools with students about 12-18, depending on national education systems.


When I returned to running recently, it wasn't just about exercising my body – it was about exorcising my demons.
It was the first time I'd been running since depression dampened my desire to put one foot before the other.
It had all started so well. Back in 2009, I'd put my name down for the Jane Tomlinson 10km 'Run For All' in York. I trained throughout the spring and summer, and thoroughly enjoyed the event. It was a memorable occasion with great support and a wonderful atmosphere, and I surprised myself by finishing the run in less than an hour. I signed up for the next year's run almost immediately.
I was on top form in the summer and early autumn of 2009. At work, I was managing and completing a number of challenging projects with clashing deadlines. I'd returned to acting in my village pantomime. I'd been getting by on diminished sleep for the past year after the birth of my little boy. It seemed I was invincible.
As I was to find out, the human body can only cope with constant stress for so long. One day, I stood up from my desk after being hunched over it in my own little bubble for two days, and almost passed out.
I struggled through various ailments and illnesses until December, when the headaches started and my already low mood plunged into something more sinister. The doctor diagnosed depression early in the new year. I was frazzled.
Despite the depression – which was still a secret to most people – I managed to keep going to work and doing my job. I even managed to go out for the odd lunchtime run, but these were few and far between, and a real effort. I did them because I felt I should and because I loathed myself if I didn't.
One of the cruel ironies of depression is that, at a time when you have no energy, motivation or enthusiasm, exercise is apparently one of the best things for you.
I still did the Run For All that year. I felt empty – alone in the crowds, feeling numb. As I crossed the line, I felt nothing. I just wanted to know my time. Perhaps if it was better than last year's time, I would feel some sense of achievement. I waited restlessly for the time to come through, and when it did I found it was just a few seconds slower than the previous year's. So I had failed.
Despite the fact I had run 10km while suffering from depression, despite the fact I had raised loads of money for charity, it had been a waste of time. I wasn't good enough.
I only ran three times the next year. I was starting to make progress and decided I would enter a 5km run to raise money for men's cancer charities. My training was blighted by injuries, more minor illnesses and overwhelming apathy, but I still did the run, and quite enjoyed it.
That wasn't enough to keep me running though, because the stress started building up again and then BAM! That October, depression came back with a vengeance.
After two rounds of counselling, I'm a little wiser.
I know that "I'm not good enough" is a damaging thought that has shaped the way I feel about myself, and I am slowly undoing the carnage it has caused.
I know that anyone who can go out for even the shortest run – or even a walk – when in the depths of depression deserves a medal.
And I know that there's no point pushing yourself to do something when you're not well enough to do it.
You can see why returning to running after all this was a significant psychological barrier for me. I'd pretty much decided never to bother with running again, but something made me go back to it – partly the need to get fit, but more persuasively the thought that running might help to release tension, stress and pent-up anger.
I packed up my kit, took it to work, and told myself I would go running that lunchtime. No excuses.
As soon as I got my running gear on, I realised I'd won my first battle, and from there I felt more and more positive. "I'm actually doing this," I thought.
Powered by a rousing hip hop soundtrack, away I went. It felt fantastic – liberating and cleansing, like I was sweating out the evils of depression and stress with every step.
I ran for 20 minutes, thinking over and over "Stick this up your miserable backside, depression" – or words to that effect – and then had to stop. I felt great, apart from being barely able to breathe for nearly an hour.
I've been out since, will do so again tomorrow, and I've signed up for the York 10K next year. Just to rub depression's ugly face in it some more, I'm going to use the run to raise money for a depression charity – my supportive friends at the Blurt Foundation.
Recovering from depression is a lot like long-distance running. It can be lonely, painful and can seem never-ending, but it's a glorious feeling when you know the finish line is in reach.
on a whim i signed up for the bupa 10k run in london next year for mind i havent done any running in about 10 years am 5 stone overweight and smoke 40 a day!
Nice one! Good luck. When is the run?
27th May dreading it and the training lol managed about 40 paces jogging and nearly threw up!
Keep up going, my depression used to occur yearly but since the help of my wonderful boyfriend and family it's now at bay. Good luck with your 10K next year and remember – you're not a failure.
Another fantastic blog, Paul! How well you express things! I remember managing to walk across a local market square when my agoraphobia was really bad, some years ago. I knew that if I'd been an athlete in the Olympics, there would have been a cheering crown, just for the massive effort I had made, and the astonishing achievement of getting all the way to where I was aiming for. But of course, there was no one to acknowledge what I had done, except myself. Now I try to walk 10,000 paces nearly every day alone, to help manage my depression, retain some independence, and keep agoraphobia at bay.
Paul, that's a very inspiring story. Good on you for getting back on the horse and riding again, so to speak. Good luck on your next 10k!
Thanks Paul. I think it will be worth it.
I read all your articles and love this one particularly. As someone who is married to a man who has struggled with depression for the past 5 years or more – he is currently on another round of trying to beat the black dog……..I will forward this blog onto him in the hope that it will inspire/help him – I went for a run this morning, purely because it makes me feel good afterwards, not during it, or before it, but afterwards…..a sense of achievement, well done you, keep on keeping on!
Thanks very much indeed, Sam. I hope it helps. Running when you are in the middle of depression is very hard but it feels good when you can go back to it, I think.
Would you be interested in having this post put on http://www.talkyork.com ?
It is an important issue and we want to cover all sorts of topics, not just local interest.
We would obviously do a link to this blog.
Please email me direct if you want to discuss it.
Yes, I'd be very pleased for you to post it, thank you. Thanks for your interest – much appreciated.
Thanks Paul. We need a photo to go with the piece. Is it ok to use a photo from your site ? Maybe the pick of you with the camera around your neck. It just depends on the quality of the pics. If not we can find a pick which represents the topic.
Oh Paul – how that resonated with me. The apathy, the self loathing are so familiar. Reading this I realised just how bad I have been this last 6 months or more – even too apathetic to bother commenting on your blog, even too apathetic to read it. Often it is only when the clouds begin to disappear that you begin to see the murk you have been living in. Thanks for writing this – it is good to know that, whilst we are all different and suffer differently, there are many facets to depression that are common to many of us. Luckily, I have dogs who need to go out every day, so I have little choice to take that daily walk! Which is where I am going now. Keep well, Paul – I'm back on the case reading your blog again.
So true, Jan. Great to have you back.
Great post. I'm battling actual depression about my training…which is a bit different, but I do see how I need ot just put my head down and grit the teeth through it and hope to come out better on the other side. This was written ages ago, so I hope things are somewhat improved at this point indeed.
Thank you. I am much better now, thanks. Trying to motivate myself to run again, which always seems really hard!
Good luck with your own battle. Sometimes just going is the hardest thing and the run itself is fine. But if you really don't want to train, don't best yourself up for not doing it. You might just need some down time that day instead.
I've suffered with depression and anxiety since I was 19 and running has helped massively over the years. I've done half marathons etc and always loved it. Unfortunately I've suffered a bad bout this last year and I'm on 225mg of effexor and running is almost impossible. I keep trying but it's as if I can't get my breath and have zero energy. It really does make me feel awful. Not sure whether to accept this is my depression and wait till I feel better in general or keep having a go. Does it get easier?
I think you've done incredibly well to keep trying. I gave up completely for quite a while. Maybe you could go for a walk instead, just as a way of getting out and having a bit of exercise without putting pressure on yourself to run. Give it time and take things as they come.